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3 UK Growth Stocks With Up To 16% Insider Ownership

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The United Kingdom market has recently seen its premier FTSE 100 index falter, closing 0.4 percent lower at 7,527.42 due to weak trade data from China and a significant decline in commodity prices affecting major mining companies. In such uncertain economic conditions, growth companies with high insider ownership can be particularly appealing as they often indicate strong confidence from those closest to the business.

Top 10 Growth Companies With High Insider Ownership In The United Kingdom

Name

Insider Ownership

Earnings Growth

Filtronic (AIM:FTC)

28.6%

33.5%

Plant Health Care (AIM:PHC)

34.7%

121.3%

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE:GKP)

12.1%

74.6%

Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (LSE:IDHC)

26.7%

23.5%

Foresight Group Holdings (LSE:FSG)

31.9%

27.9%

Helios Underwriting (AIM:HUW)

23.9%

14.7%

Velocity Composites (AIM:VEL)

27.6%

173.3%

Judges Scientific (AIM:JDG)

11.9%

26.2%

B90 Holdings (AIM:B90)

24.4%

142.7%

Hochschild Mining (LSE:HOC)

38.4%

53.8%

Click here to see the full list of 66 stocks from our Fast Growing UK Companies With High Insider Ownership screener.

Here we highlight a subset of our preferred stocks from the screener.

Craneware

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★☆☆

Overview: Craneware plc, with a market cap of £821.41 million, develops, licenses, and supports computer software for the healthcare industry in the United States.

Operations: The company's revenue segments include $180.56 million from healthcare software.

Insider Ownership: 17%

Craneware has recently announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft, leveraging Azure's cloud platform to enhance its Trisus offerings with advanced AI and data analytics. This collaboration aims to drive innovation and expand market reach through joint marketing initiatives. Despite forecasted revenue growth of 6.7% per year, which is slower than 20%, earnings are expected to grow significantly at 29.4% annually, outpacing the UK market's average growth rate of 13.5%.

AIM:CRW Ownership Breakdown as at Aug 2024
AIM:CRW Ownership Breakdown as at Aug 2024

Judges Scientific

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★★☆

Overview: Judges Scientific plc designs, manufactures, and sells scientific instruments with a market cap of approximately £664.13 million.

Operations: Revenue segments include Vacuum at £63.60 million and Materials Sciences at £72.50 million.

Insider Ownership: 11.9%

Judges Scientific has seen substantial insider selling over the past 3 months, though more shares have been bought than sold. The company’s earnings are forecast to grow significantly at 26.22% per year, outpacing the UK market's average growth rate of 13.5%. Despite high debt levels and a volatile share price, analysts agree that the stock price will rise by 20.1%. Recent changes in company bylaws were approved at its General Meeting on May 21, 2024.